Crime Statistics for Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Handsworth Wood in October 2024. There were a total of 766 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Handsworth Wood, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	328
Vehicle Crime	65
Anti Social Behaviour	61
Criminal Damage Arson	52
Burglary	52
Other Theft	47
Drugs	34
Robbery	31
Public Order	30
Possession Of Weapons	24
Shoplifting	17
Other Crime	15
Theft From The Person	8
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	766

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Handsworth Wood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Handsworth Wood

We've taken the ten nearest places to Handsworth Wood and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Handsworth Wood has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Handsworth Wood	766
Birchfield (1.24 miles)	710
Gib Heath (1.24 miles)	538
Aston (1.96 miles)	484
Sandwell (1.96 miles)	461
Tame (0.67 miles)	427
Handsworth (1.24 miles)	419
Brown’s Green (0.88 miles)	414
Tower Hill (1.24 miles)	261
Tame Valley Canal (1.32 miles)	256

Where are the most violent places near Handsworth Wood?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Handsworth Wood and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Gib Heath	487
Tame	365
Handsworth Wood	328
Birchfield	303
Sandwell	213
Aston	201
Brown’s Green	169
Handsworth	164
Tame Valley Canal	93
Tower Hill	90

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Handsworth Wood?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Handsworth Wood to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Handsworth Wood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handsworth Wood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Handsworth Wood have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Pauls.

#	Ward	Score
1	Handsworth	83
2	Lozells	79
3	Birchfield	79
4	Holyhead	76
5	Soho & Jewellery Quarter	76
6	West Bromwich Central	74
7	Newtown	68
8	Handsworth Wood	66
9	Soho and Victoria	63
10	Aston	60
11	St Pauls	54

Which road in Handsworth Wood has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Handsworth Wood with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.